Joint research projects and annual reports of the Beacon collaboration
Joint Research Projects
Key contacts and details for all the joint research projects under the Beacon collaboration are as follows
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Beacon-001 |
Terahertz protein solvation shell assay - validation & initial assessment for protein stability analysis |
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Project type: Project start: Oct 2014 Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Post-doc Nov 2013 Completed Dec 2015 Juraj Sibik Axel Zeitler Chris van der Walle, Shahid Uddin
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Beacon-002 | Breaking the cold chain - investigating the production, storage & delivery of pharmaceutical proteins in probiotic bacterial spores | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Student name: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
PhD Oct 2013 Ongoing David Baynard Graham Christie Sofia Ekizoglou
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Beacon-003 | Investigating novel excipients derived from bacterial spores | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Post-doc Sept 2014 Completed Aug 2016 Iris Batalha Graham Christie Chris van der Walle, Shahid Uddin
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Beacon-004
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Hyper-spectral and Texture Analysis for Identity Testing at Fill Finish |
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Project type: Project start: Status: Student name: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
PhD Oct 2014 Ongoing James Manton Eric Rees Stephen Wren
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Beacon-005 |
Analysis and Engineering of antibody stability
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Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Post-doc Nov 2014 Ongoing JJ Phillips Nigel Slater Daniel Higazi, David Lowe
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Beacon-006 |
Nanobioreactors for Monitoring Single Cell Productivity |
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Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Post-doc March 2015 Ongoing David Bailey Chris Lowe Ron Schoner
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Beacon-007 | Visualising and quantifying lyophilised protein cake reconstitution using advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Post-doc Apr 2016 Ongoing TBD Mick Mantle Steve Bishop, Chris van der Walle, Suresh Choudhary, Sajal Patel, Jamie Biddlecombe |
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Beacon-008 | A Self-Adapting Continuous Bioprocessing system for Recombinant Protein Production | |
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Post-doc and PhD Oct 2015 Ongoing Duygu Dikicloglu, David Sewell Nigel Slater, Steven Oliver William Holmes, Ray Field, Richard Turner |
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Beacon-009 | High resolution imaging of MedImmune viral and peptide materials | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Post-doc July 2015 Ongoing Romain Laine Clemens Kaminski Danielle Carroll, Damian Crowther, Paul Varley, Michael Washabaugh, Mike Perkinton, Andy Billinton |
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Beacon-010 | Development project based Training in Innovative sensor technology | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
N/A Oct 2015 Ongoing Sensors CDT PhD students Clemens Kaminski Chris van der Walle |
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Beacon-011 | Macromolecular delivery using oncolytic Clostridium spores | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Student: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
PhD Oct 2015 Ongoing Manja Neumann Graham Christie Nadia Luheshi, Andrew Leishman |
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Beacon-012 | Functional and super-resolution imaging methods to study protein self assembly reactions in the context of disease | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Student: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Sensors CDT PhD Oct 2015 Ongoing Gemma Goodfellow Clemens Kaminski Danielle Carroll, Michael Washabaugh
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Beacon-013 | Functional and super-resolution imaging methods to study protein self assembly reactions in the context of disease | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Student: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
Sensors CDT PhD Oct 2015 Ongoing Miranda Robbins Clemens Kaminski Damian Crowther, Michael Perkinton |
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Beacon-014 | At/in-line analytics to support continuous bioprocess | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
PhD Oct 2016 Approved tbd Mick Mantle Chris Sellick |
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Beacon-015 | High-resolution antibody unfolding studies for developability and novel drug delivery | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
PhD Oct 2016 Approved tbd Sophie Jackson, JJ Phillips Daniel Higazi, David Lowe |
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Beacon-016 | NanoMOF Supramolecular Systems for Drug Delivery | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
PhD Oct 2016 approved tbd David Fairen-Jiminez Peter Ravn |
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Beacon-017a | Terahertz spectroscopy analysis of lyophilised peptides and proteins | |
Project type: Project start: Status: Researcher: CEB supervisor: MedImmune supervisor(s): |
PhD Oct 2016 Approved Talia Shmool Axel Zeitler Chris van der Walle |
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Annual Reports
The Beacon collaboration annual reports collate the outcomes and highlights of our joint research programme.